Safety pocket



May 8, 1923.

.1. STONE SAFETY POCKET s-Sheet l fi venZfor JgpiaAsi'olze dEOrng s May 8, 1923.

J. STONE SAFETY POCKET Filed April 18. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 located by pickpockets.

Patented May 8, 1923.

UNITED sures JOSEPH STONE, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Assrdnon T0 STONE sArnrY rooKEr COMPANY,

1,454,771 PATENT QFFlCE;

' OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY POCKET;

Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 554,687.

1 '0 all whom it may concern: r

Be it known that I, JOSEPH STONE, a citi-\ zen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State'of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Safety Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto a safety pocket located adj acent to the ordinary pocket, but having the entrance thereto so concealed that it is not obvious and cannot be readily This pocket is located between the usual pocket and the body of the garment, and its mouth is so closed that articles cannot be accidentally lost.

- An'object of my invention is to provide such a pocket that will be highly efficient and can be combined with the ordinary pocket without any obviousmodification of the usualgarme-nt.

A further ob'ect ot' the invention is to form the welt which provides the usual facing for the ordinary pocket of such width and location that it will act as-a complete closure for the mouth of the-secret pocket; thus rendering the latter ordinarily unno-- ticeable.

Further objects will be apparent from the following detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure -1 is a perspectiveview of the pocket from the outsidewith the Ordinary flap turned up and the welt raised so'- as to disclose the entranceto the secret pocket.

Figure 2 is a somewhat diagrammatic view from the inside of the garment showing the variouspleces that enter lnto theconstruction and the manner in'which they are arranged and fastened. v i Figure 3 is .a vertical sectional view through the structure shownin Figure 2.

Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detail views showing-various steps in the. manufacture of thepocket. 1 Y, j;

T he pocket may be placed in coats trouscrs, skirts or 'othergarments, and a portion:

of the body of the garment is indicated at A. Two pieces 1 and 2 of equal size of the garment material are superposed and stitched together as at 10 (Figure; 4); .j These.

pieces are then straightened out as shown in Figure 5, laid upon the garment and one edge of the piece 1 is stitched to the garment at 9 together with a piece of tape or other reinforcing material D. A strip 3 of cloth material of a sizecorresponding to that of the pocket desired is laid upon the garment and stitched thereto at '8 closely adjacent the edge of the-piece 1. On the under side of the garment material a piece B of lining or stiffening material is placed and the stitchings 8 and 9 pass therethrough.

A slit is then made in the garment material between the edge of the strip 1 and the edge of the strip 8, this slit cutting through bot-h the garment and the material B. The combined piece 1 and 2 is drawn through the slit, and the piece 3 is also drawn through the slit as indicated in Figure 6.

A piece of the garment material 4 is then taken, folded over and stitched through near the fold, an interposed piece E of tape or other reinforcing material also being fastened-by this stitching 11 as shown in Figure 6; The free edges of the piece 4 are then placed'on thefolded edge of piece 2 and fastened thereto by stitching 12, as shown in Figures 6 and 7.

A piece of pocket material 5 has its upper edge folded over and stitched at 13 to the under seam "of-"the piece 1. A second piece of pocket material 6 has" its upper edge stitched-to the piece 4 at its point of attachment to the piece 2. The two pieces 5 and 6 are sewed together around the sides and bottom asat 14, forming the secret pocket. Another piece -7 of pocket material of the desired size has its lower art turned up and stitched to the lower edge of the piece 2 at 15. -=This piece 7 overlaps the piecev 3 and is stitched thereto at/16 and 17. This forms the usual pocket.

ThepOcket-may be provided with the e usual flapand as shown in Figure 3, this flap": with the folded edge of the garment material at the 'edge'of theslit, the piece 3 and the pocket piece 7 are all held by the stitching 17.- Howeven'this flap C may be omitted as in itself it forms no part of the invention."

The entrance indicated in Figures 2 and 3'by the arrows a,="wh ile the pathinto the secret pocket is indicated bYHthGBIFOVS I). It will be noted thatthe stitching-1O is taken out after the parts? are assembled exceptat'the edges as clearly shown in Figure 2. The entrance to the secret pocket is therefore between the pieces 1 and 2 and up Over the upper edge into the ordinary pocket is from the inside of the garment of themembers 6 and 7 does not'necessarily show the existence of two pockets. desired, the two pockets may be made of the same size. in which case their lower and side edges .might be stitched together.

The location of the secret pocket on the" side of the ordinary pocket. away from the body of the wearer is also an important feature, since it. renders it much more" difficult of access. It is obvious that minor changes might be made in size, form, proportions, material, and method of assem bly without departing from the spirit of the invention, and in general'it is to be understood th'at the invention is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: 1 A safety pocket for garments comprising a guard welt attached to the edge of the usual pocket opening and extending downwardly, a second strlp of material attached at its upper corners to the lower edge ofthe guard welt, these twopieces forming one side of the usual pocket and the opening between their unattached pertions forming the entrance to the secret pocket, a folded strip attached to the outer side of the second strip of material and extending upwardly to near the top of the guard welt, and pieces of pocket material attached to the outside of the folded strip and the outer lower edge of the guard, welt and forming the secret pocket.

2. A safety pocket for garments com-prising a guard welt attached to the edge of the usual pocket opening and eitending downwardly, a second strip of material attached at its upper corners only to the lower edge of the guard welt, a third strip of material attached at its upper edge to the garment above the pocket opening, a piece of pocket material attached atits upper edge to the third strip and at its lower edge to the second strip, the three strips and the piece of pocket material forming the usual pocket, and the opening between theunat tached edges of the guard welt and the second strip forming the entrance to the secret pocket, a folded strip attached. to

the outer edge of the second strip and ex:- tending upwardly to near the top of the Furthermore, if 1 guard welt, and pieces of pocket .ma-terial attached to the outside of the folded strip and the outer lower edge of the guard welt and forming the secret pocket.

, 3. A safety pocket for garments comprising a. pocket having the usual opening, a second pocket located between the ordinary pocket and the garment, and a guard welt attachedto the garment at the usual pocket opening and stitched down at its sides so that it conceals and protects the entrance to the second or safety pocket.

4:. A safety pocket for garments comprising a pocket having the usual. opening, asecond pocket located between the ordinary pocket and the garment, a folded strip forming the upper edge of the second pocket, a guard welt attached to the garment at the usual pocket opening and.

stitched down at its'sides, said welt extending downward over the folded strip and thus protecting the entrance tothe second or safety pocket.

5; .A safety pocket for garments comprising a pocketnhaving the usual opening, a second pocket located between the ordinary pocket and the garment'and having a folded strip forming its upper edge, a guard welt attached to the garment at the usual-pocket opening and extending downward over the folded strip, and a piece of pocket material passing'up over the folded strip and downwardly and being attached to the lower edge of the guard welt, whereby the entrance to the second or safety pocketis concealed and protected. v

6. A safety pocket for garments comprising a pocket having theusual opening, a second pocket located. between the ordinary pocket and the garment and having a folded strip forming its upper edge, a'guard welt attached to the garment at the usual'pocket opening and'extending over the folded strip, a piece of pocket material attached to the lower edge of the folded strip, and a second piece of pocket material passing up over the folded strip and downwardly and being attached to the lower edge of the guard welt,- whereby the entrancetothe second or safety pocket is concealed and protected.

7. A safetypoc'ket'for garments comprising'a pocket having theusual' opening, a second pocket located between the ordinary pocket-and the garment, and'a guard welt attached to the garment at the usual pocket opening and stitched down at its sides, said guard welt concealing the entrance to the 'JOSjEtPI I 

